. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1280 
28 April 2006 
 (06-2028) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products containing the pes ticide sodium chlorate.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  NOTICE.  Sodium 
Chlorate;  Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel, Amend or Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations (Available in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to 
voluntarily amend their registrations to termin ate uses of certain products containing the 
pesticide sodium chlorate.  The requests woul d terminate sodium chlorate use in or on 
residential use sites.  The requests would not terminate the last sodium chlorate products 
registered for use in the US EPA intends to gr ant these requests at th e close of the comment 
period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the 
comment period that would merit its further revi ew of the requests, or unless the registrants 
withdraw their requests within this period.  Upon acceptance of th ese requests, any sale, 
distribution, or use of products listed in th is notice will be permitted only if such sale, 
distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
19 April 2006 (Volume 71, Number 75) Pages 20095-20097,  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/April/Day-19/p5749.htm
 (Available in 
English).  G/SPS/N/USA/1280 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not specified  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 19 May 2006  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Antimicrobials Division (7510C, Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ms Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov